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There are times in the history of literature where music composed in connection with a certain literary work becomes even better known than the work itself. How true this is in the case of "Peer Gynt," where the haunting melodies of Grieg are undoubtedly known to a larger audience than the dramatic work of Ibsen. And yet an acquaintance of the m... more »usic cannot help but be put to good use when one comes to read the play, for Grieg and Ibsen were both Norwegian, and of approximately the same age; indeed it was Ibsen who asked Grieg to write the incidental music for the play. It was through this music that Grieg became famous, and rightly so, for the music reflects to a remarkable degree the milieu and sentiments of Ibsen's play.« less